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Location: Auditorium Modigliani, via Scrovegni 30, 35128 Padova, Italy. Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed
to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing
press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer
networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.
The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying
for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers,
while suppressing public access to technology. But if we
seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of
copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the
public--then we must make changes in the other direction.

Location: Water Tower campus of Loyola University Chicago (for updated information on room numbers, please, visit the event website). This speech will be part of the 2007 North American Computers and Philosophy (NA-CAP) Conference at Loyola's Water Tower Campus. The conference will take place July 26-28, 2007.

Location: Auditorium Ara Pacis. Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the
Free Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU
operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is
now used by tens of millions of users worldwide.

Location: University La Sapienza, Aula Magna della Caserna Sani, 184 via Principe Amedeo (Metro A - VIttorio Emanuele), Rome, Italy.
Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer
networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it. The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the public--then we must make changes in the other direction.

Location: University de Lausanne, Anthropole Building - room 1129, Campus de Dirigny, 1015 Lausanne, Suisse. Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.

Location: C4, hus C, campus Valla, Linkoeping University, Linkoeping, Sweden.
Richard Stallman will talk on the issue of copyright, a system developed in the age of the printing press designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press, but which does not fit well with computer networks.
The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the public--then we must make changes in the other direction. Richard Stallman will also suggest changes to the Pirate Party program, in order to avoid the unintended consequence of giving proprietary software an advantage over free software.